The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 27098 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 27098 clues and answers were published on Thu 19 Jan 2017 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 27098 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


9-acrossIt’s found on board galley: the last two across the sea to France : EMERY
10-acrossHence cooking us a Thai curry found there : SOUTHASIA
11-acrossOne covers nonsense creature’s return : LAMINATOR
12-acrossGimble freely, no head for mimsy nonsense : BILGE
13-acrossOne point after another, leading, relentless : NONSTOP
15-acrossLaugh madly about, say, Boris Johnson’s capacity to caper clumsily : GALUMPH
17-acrossNonsense creature’s paunch on the table : TRIPE
18-acrossBoatman’s people, say, could be grand : CRU
20-acrossOrigin of teriyaki: Jabberwock’s head with a Chinese way to cook its rump, say? : JAPAN
22-acrossNonsense creature was hunted at first : HOGWASH
25-acrossGyre madly about island country : GERMANY
26-acrossNonsense creature’s rank order : SNARK
27-acrossAt sea, couple with rum to drink, when spliced : MAINBRACE
30-acrossAbout a nurse, overcome by real stress showing : ACCENTUAL
31-acrossSociety licenses odd doings, generating eyewash of the first order : LODGE

All Down Clues and Answers:


1-down – Fillet of borogove : VEAL
2-down – Bernini forced to accept 1,000 people’s money : RENMINBI
3-down – Putting up an objection about colour : CYAN
4-down – All forms of uranium are equals, no question : ISOTOPIC
5-down – Migrants are found in boat : TUAREG
6-down – Juliet, in her ballet-dancing novel : THEBELLJAR
7-down – It’s sought by one, only ending in ghetto : ASYLUM
8-down – Boatman in the Guardian, home of slithy toves : WABE
13-down – Nonsense creature’s tail is, of course, short : NATCH
14-down – With thanks, able to be part of Europe : THEBALKANS
16-down – Callooh! Callay! Both at last within reach : HANDY
19-down – Clumsy creature raised largely without master : UNGAINLY
21-down – Notices unfinished programme on comics : PLACARDS
23-down – Force weapon to turn aside : GLANCE
24-down – Nonsense creature’s behind rank odour : HUMBUG
26-down – Trauma at the heart of Jabberwock’s creator : SCAR
28-down – Nonsense creature : BULL
29-down – It’s always found in nonsense verse : EVER

This crossword has in total 33 where 15 are across and 18 are down.

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